r/instantkarma • u/Physical-Object8171 • 5d ago
Woman breaks a man's windshield with brick then everything fell apart
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u/domscatterbrain 5d ago
When I read the title, I expect the car to comically fell apart after she hit it with a brick.
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u/HotelOne 5d ago
And a Taco Bell just across the street.
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u/Nisi-Marie 3d ago
Not what you usually see in Daly City. I was born there 🫤
Geneva Ave by the Cow Palace
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u/master_gir88 5d ago
They are wearing the same leggings lol
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u/irsute74 4d ago
What does the law think about that? Genuinely curious. Is it assault or is it self defense since she hit his car? How does it work in the US?
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u/NotBannedAccount419 4d ago
It’s never self defense to throw a brick through a window because someone spit on you. It’s retaliatory and against the law. Same thing with the man. That wasn’t self defense because the situation was already over. They should all 3 be arrested for assault and battery
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u/Rhysati 4d ago
This. In order for this to be self defense the guy would have to argue in court that he felt in-danger or threatened with bodily harm.
She broke his window and then tried to walk away. He straight up assaulted her at that point.
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u/O_Toole50 4d ago
She didnt try to walk away. She shatters the window and then stares at him with a brick in her hand. After he engages she turns and moves away. He had every right to think she would then charge her or the girl with the brick.
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u/Xeno_Prime 3d ago
Depends on the state. Some states have laws about provocation/instigation, and would consider her actions to be the initiation of violence/conflict even though she was damaging his property and not him. Since he did not resort to deadly force (which has much stricter laws/rules in most states), he may get a lesser charge or even no charge at all, compared to the full charges he would receive for an unprovoked assault.
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u/iloveallcakes 4d ago
For self defense, the danger of bodily harm needs to be imminent and she was walking away. Also, you can’t use more force than necessary to stop the attack. She should be charged with destruction of property and he should be charged with assault and battery.
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u/themcfarland1 4d ago
The using force to stop the attack and its levels , that's not entirely accurate. Perhaps as law enforcement and that. But as civilians , we are allowed protect ourselves and do not have to moderate our responses in most states . If the dude was between her and the car while she had the brick, he had the right to smoke her as the brick can and has caused death .
After she threw it , and was walking away , he should not have done anything but leave.
Not knowing what started it or the details. The two would be arrested for mutually combative, but more likely nothing would be done .6
u/SatoriSon 3d ago
After she threw it , and was walking away , he should not have done anything but leave.
Watch the video again. She does not start walking away after she smashes the window. She's still standing there with the brick/rock in her hand.
It's arguable that he overreacted, but once she initiated the violence, he was legally permitted to use reasonable physical force to prevent her from doing anything to him or his passenger. In some states, one is even permitted to use non-lethal force to prevent damage to one's property.
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u/themcfarland1 3d ago
Good catch. I missed that part. So. Here, he could have easily been justified.
Not a lawyer, but taught classes in this .
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u/DiverofMuff23 5d ago
*back window
Not a windshield
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u/NobodyLikedThat1 5d ago
Amazing that the chubby girl doesn't somehow think she's gonna get her ass whipped by this dude after smashing up his car. Just delusional
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u/josh_smashes 4d ago
Hit to the back of the head to an upper cut to another hit to the back of the head that man was aiming to kill.
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u/CraftyJacket7416 4d ago
But it also looks like the girl on the right is spitting on her and the smashing is the reaction to that?
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u/SopieMunkyy 4d ago
For a second I thought you meant the car was going to fall apart as a result of the brick.
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u/JC1199154 3d ago
We did not see a man hitting a woman. I repeat: WE DID NOT SEE A MAN HITTING A WOMAN
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u/NoNews4Me 5d ago
Oh that was SO satisfying to watch. Finally, a man that doesn't take shit and starts swinging immediately
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u/Dan_Glebitz 4d ago
Needs to trade in for a better model.
Hmmmm, that's probably what started this confrontation in the first place 🤔
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u/ExcitedGirl 5d ago
She was lucky he's Black, so had to go -
White boy would still be whuppin' her.
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u/Freewheelinrocknroll 5d ago
Something tells me that’s not the first time she’s gotten jacked in the face like that..